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It may seem surprising, but not everyone is well oriented in space. Some people have serious difficulty moving in the indicated direction even when the map of the area is right in front of their eyes. This disorder is also characterized by the inability to remember routes and is popularly referred to as topographic cretinism.…

Every nation has its own myths and legends. For example, many residents of Poland can tell the story of Antoni Jaczewski, an inventive swindler who swindled hundreds of people out of a lot of money in the 17th and 18th centuries. At that time, the country faced two big problems: war and the plague epidemic.…

The southwestern part of China contains many giant sinkholes called “tianken”, which means “heavenly pits” or “heavenly pits”. The entrances to these caves look like carefully cut holes, as if they were made with giant cake pans. The caves themselves are considered the largest and deepest in the world. But they are interesting not only…

Since Xiaomi moved from the affordable to the premium segment, POCO has taken its role as the manufacturer of the most profitable mobile devices. It is the company that now produces smartphones that are characterized by the designation “top for your money.” Because it is almost impossible to find other devices with the same specifications…

Preserving people in a state of deep cooling in the hope of future revival is called “cryopreservation” or “cryopreservation”. Scientists have been working on creating such technology for many years, but there are still no results, and it is not entirely clear how possible this is. Therefore, at present, cryopreservation of people and large animals…

Did you know that seahorses have a very strange way of reproducing? When the time comes for mating, the female lays her eggs in the male's abdominal pouch, where they are fertilized and develop. It turns out that in seahorses, males bear offspring, not females. The Surinamese pipa also came up with an unusual way…

The other day, a video from the startup Brain Bridge, showing the world's first concept of a robotic head transplant system, went viral online. The idea is to combine the latest advances in AI, robotics and medicine to transplant a head onto a new body of another person. This would make it possible to save…

Scientists have been closely studying the Pyramids of Giza for many years, and to this day they continue to periodically make major discoveries. This time, researchers were able to discover a large L-shaped structure hidden under the sands near the Great Pyramid of Giza, and underneath it there is another large structure, which they called…

This summer Moscow will see a unique show – a concert where 1000 musicians will perform world hits from The Beatles, Rolling Stones, Metallica, Nirvana, AC/DC and KINO. Hundreds of guitars, drums and voices will create a grandiose sound. How to organize such an event and synchronize a thousand performers? Sound engineer of the MEGAROK…

The last Neanderthals on Earth died about 40 thousand years ago, but their genes are alive to this day, since they are present in the DNA of most modern people. When our ancestors came out of Africa, they met these hominids and, obviously, began to develop close relationships with them. True, there is still debate…